Multi-tenancy.

also: multi-tenant · multitenancy · multi tenancy · tenant isolation · schema-per-tenant · schema per tenant · database-per-tenant · database per tenant

One software instance serving many customers (tenants), each tenant's data and configuration isolated from the others.

the two-minute refresher

Shared tables with a tenant_id column: cheapest, millions of tenants, isolation enforced by the app.
Schema per tenant: database-enforced logical isolation, thousands of tenants.
Database per tenant: physical isolation, per-tenant backups and residency, hundreds of tenants.
Many SaaS products mix them: small tenants pooled, big enterprise tenants on their own.

Where the course teaches it

W09 · Day 1Tenant Isolation Strategieslearn it →W09 · Day 1Tenant Isolation Strategiesrevisit →W09 · Day 1Tenant Isolation Strategiesrevisit →

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Multi-tenancy.

also: multi-tenant · multitenancy · multi tenancy · tenant isolation · schema-per-tenant · schema per tenant · database-per-tenant · database per tenant

One software instance serving many customers (tenants), each tenant's data and configuration isolated from the others.

the two-minute refresher

Shared tables with a tenant_id column: cheapest, millions of tenants, isolation enforced by the app.
Schema per tenant: database-enforced logical isolation, thousands of tenants.
Database per tenant: physical isolation, per-tenant backups and residency, hundreds of tenants.
Many SaaS products mix them: small tenants pooled, big enterprise tenants on their own.

Where the course teaches it

W09 · Day 1Tenant Isolation Strategieslearn it →W09 · Day 1Tenant Isolation Strategiesrevisit →W09 · Day 1Tenant Isolation Strategiesrevisit →